diff --git a/packages/custom-functions-metadata/src/parseTree.ts b/packages/custom-functions-metadata/src/parseTree.ts
index 7c1951cf0..e2f8dcdd7 100644
--- a/packages/custom-functions-metadata/src/parseTree.ts
+++ b/packages/custom-functions-metadata/src/parseTree.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,19 @@ const CELLVALUETYPE_MAPPINGS = {
   "Excel.ValueTypeNotAvailableCellValue": "unsupported",
 };
 
+const CELLVALUETYPE_TO_BASICTYPE_MAPPINGS = {
+  "cellvalue": "any",
+  "booleancellvalue": "boolean",
+  "doublecellvalue": "number",
+  "entitycellvalue": "any",
+  "errorcellvalue": "any",
+  "formattednumbercellvalue": "any",
+  "linkedentitycellvalue": "any",
+  "localimagecellvalue": "any",
+  "stringcellvalue": "string",
+  "webimagecellvalue": "any",
+};
+
 type CustomFunctionsSchemaDimensionality = "invalid" | "scalar" | "matrix";
 
 /**
@@ -700,7 +713,8 @@ function getParameters(parameterItem: IGetParametersArguments): IFunctionParamet
 
       // for backward compatibility, we put cell value type in cellValueType instead of type.
       if (Object.values(CELLVALUETYPE_MAPPINGS).includes(ptype)) {
-        pMetadataItem.type = "any";
+        // @ts-ignore
+        pMetadataItem.type = CELLVALUETYPE_TO_BASICTYPE_MAPPINGS[ptype];
         pMetadataItem.cellValueType = ptype
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/custom-functions-metadata/test/cases/input-parameter-types-cellvalue/expected.json b/packages/custom-functions-metadata/test/cases/input-parameter-types-cellvalue/expected.json
index 3313fe0f0..994634b0a 100644
--- a/packages/custom-functions-metadata/test/cases/input-parameter-types-cellvalue/expected.json
+++ b/packages/custom-functions-metadata/test/cases/input-parameter-types-cellvalue/expected.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             "parameters": [
                 {
                     "name": "x",
-                    "type": "any",
+                    "type": "boolean",
                     "cellValueType": "booleancellvalue"
                 }
             ],
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             "parameters": [
                 {
                     "name": "x",
-                    "type": "any",
+                    "type": "number",
                     "cellValueType": "doublecellvalue"
                 }
             ],
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
             "parameters": [
                 {
                     "name": "x",
-                    "type": "any",
+                    "type": "string",
                     "cellValueType": "stringcellvalue"
                 }
             ],
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
                 {
                     "name": "x",
                     "repeating": true,
-                    "type": "any",
+                    "type": "boolean",
                     "cellValueType": "booleancellvalue"
                 }
             ],
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
                 {
                     "dimensionality": "matrix",
                     "name": "x",
-                    "type": "any",
+                    "type": "boolean",
                     "cellValueType": "booleancellvalue"
                 }
             ],
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
                     "dimensionality": "matrix",
                     "name": "x",
                     "repeating": true,
-                    "type": "any",
+                    "type": "boolean",
                     "cellValueType": "booleancellvalue"
                 }
             ],
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
                 {
                     "name": "x",
                     "repeating": true,
-                    "type": "any",
+                    "type": "boolean",
                     "cellValueType": "booleancellvalue"
                 }
             ],
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
                 {
                     "dimensionality": "matrix",
                     "name": "x",
-                    "type": "any",
+                    "type": "boolean",
                     "cellValueType": "booleancellvalue"
                 }
             ],
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
                     "dimensionality": "matrix",
                     "name": "x",
                     "repeating": true,
-                    "type": "any",
+                    "type": "boolean",
                     "cellValueType": "booleancellvalue"
                 }
             ],